public ActionResult <Movie[]> GetMovie(String title)
{
// this is my key. Register with IMDB and get your own
String baseURL = "https://imdb-api.com/en/API/SearchMovie/k_lLeNEBFqX/";
// we are using the static MoviesController method GetJsonText to
// hit the IMDB movie API to get our list of movies (DRY)
string movieResults = GetJsonText(baseURL + title);
MovieHeader header = JsonSerializer.Deserialize <MovieHeader>(movieResults);
return(header.results);
}
public IActionResult Search(string title)
{
String baseURL = "https://imdb-api.com/en/API/SearchMovie/k_lLeNEBFq/";
string movieResults = MovieAPI.GetJsonText(baseURL + title);
// Put a break point here and look at the movieResults
// it is a long string of text that looks like JSON
// Deserializer will look at the text and the MovieHeader
// object and recognize that MovieHeader is the object version
// of this JSON text
// WOW! this line of code does very cool stuff!!!
MovieHeader header = JsonSerializer.Deserialize <MovieHeader>(movieResults);
// we are reusing the Index page. The AddOnly variable says only show the Add link
ViewBag.AddOnly = true;
return(View("Index", header.results));
}
